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I'm with Ash on this, AJ's training was too harsh. That's the point of having lots of different elements on your team. Plus, I don't think Gyms like AJ's should be allowed. They kinda mock the real ones.
Then, there's the fact that I just don't like AJ. We've had better Trainer-of-the-Days(i.e., Nikolai,).
The battles were quite good though, and Pikachu's reaction to its order to battle Sandshrew was priceless!!

Overall rating:
4.7 out of 10.........
This episode was really on par with Disguise Da Limit; it's really one of the episodes that must be trampled and burned. At least there was some humor here though, or I may have given it a flat out 0 -.-.................

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I'm not a fan of AJ's. I definitely agree that his training of his pokemon was too harsh. He may have been building up their endurance and strength and everything, but the muscle handcuffs or whatever the heck they were are too much, especially for small pokemon. Sandshrew might be okay for such a device, but I think it's a bit harsh for butterfree and rattata.

On the positive side, I do like the part where Ash gets fried trying to get Pikachu into battle, the Pinnochio gag, and Misty and Brock getting royally ticked when AJ insults their gyms. And wow, this was the first time Team Rocket used their binoculars. I liked it when James knocked Meowth out of the tree and the binoculars landed in his mouth. LOL

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An ok episode for our first Kanto filler, AJ isn't my favorite filler character but I like his training style even if it is a little harsh. I liked seeing Sandshrew it has always been a favorite of mine and seeing it use Fissure was awesome. I liked that TR was experimenting with their motto we get to see the beginnings of what will become a standard for later in the series, and way to downgrade their "contraptions" from a giant vacuum to a rubber ball with a hole in it.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

This episode was not that great but still ok.I dont like how AJ was training his pokemon.He was too harsh to them,but he alkso showed that he is not so bad like he seemed at the beggining of the episode.His Sandshrew was very strong,and i was enjoying seeing how he was using fissure in battle.However there is one thing in this episode which makes me wonder and that is how AJ Sandshrew manage to swim.Too bad we didnt saw him again.

I would have loved to see AJ reappear in the pokemon league, I think he would have done extremely well.
Instead of some of the filler episodes they did, it would have been nice to expand the pokemon league battles, and seen more than just ash (and Richie at the end)

Oh AJ. I was a little doubtful of his methods, but I've quite come to like them. All he's doing is trying to maximize their attacking potential, not trying to be friendly, and I think that's what truly bugged Ash in the end.

Also, Sandshrew was so cute, when it laughed at Pikachu when he rolled up into a ball XD;

This episode was pretty interesting. I couldn't help but feel bad for the Pokemon, what with the way AJ was treating them. But, apparently they all cared for him, despite his training methods. I guess there are different ways to form relationships with your Pokemon.

My favorite part was when Pikachu was rolled up in a ball. I love the old scenes with Pikachu doing cute things like that. I really miss them...